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      <excerpt>...the Conservative Party candidate over the Republican in Tuesday's U.S. House district in New York and calling Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine &quot;more liberal than most Republicans would like.&quot; Asked whether he was working to boost his credentials w</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...(Ariz.), Mitch McConnell (Ky.), Jon Kyl (Ariz.), Susan Collins (Maine), Lindsey Graham (S.C.), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) and Olympia Snowe (Maine). Fiorina's endorsement by Coburn -- a celebrated conservative for his demand for fiscal discipline in Congre</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...unless there's cost containment.' On health care, Nelson said: 'Let's see coverage extended, but at what cost?' Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe, the lone Republican to vote for a health care bill, said Tuesday's results should slow Democrats down on health car</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...and are they going anywhere? THE POLITICS: The most viable Republican proposal on health care has come from Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe, to use the threat of government insurance to force private insurers to lower prices. President Barack Obama and many De</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...unless there&#8217;s cost containment.&quot; On health care, Nelson said: &quot;Let&#8217;s see coverage extended, &#8230; but at what cost?&#8217; Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe, the lone Republican to vote for a health care bill, said Tuesday&#8217;s results should slow Democrats down o</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...punted more than Viking Chris Kluwe on MSNBC's Morning Joe this morning. He wouldn't say whether he backed Republican Senator Olympia Snowe of Maine. &quot;We want Olympia Snowe in the big tent,&quot; Pawlenty said. &quot;But she can't say she's a Republican and vote </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...their opposition to the Democratic health care proposals. The only serious possibility for GOP backing has come from Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine. While expressing support for much of the Senate Finance Committee bill, she has said she would accept a pub</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...who gets to call himself or herself a Republican. Specifically, he was asked four or five times directly if he thought Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine was a RINO -- and he punted each time. So, we can expect Rod to go independent when he gets unwillingly bo</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...majority in 1994. Now we're in the minority and I'm still here,&quot; she added, with a laugh. Senate Finance Committee member Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, after the committee vote reg</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Pawlenty said. Pressed on the issue, Pawlenty made clear he wouldn't offer a definitive answer. PAWLENTY: &quot;I think Olympia Snowe is somebody who is more liberal than most Republicans would like but she is better than having a Democrat represent me.&quot; SCA</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>About a hundred people gathered in a parking lot at the statehouse, many carried signs, some brought shovels, that called for the removal of Snowe - Senator Olympia Snowe. They also promise there&amp;#39;s going to be some &amp;quot;House cleaning&amp;quot; in ...</excerpt>
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